Headache, Migraine, Manuel Therapy
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aims to compare the effects of connective tissue massage on pain severity, attack frequency and duration, migraine-related disability, and quality of life in patients diagnosed with migraine, by comparing them with the classical massage.
Interventions
Connective tissue massage will be applied with short and long pulling strokes to create a reflex effect for 2 days a week, a total of 8 weeks.
OTHERClassical massage
Classical massage will be applied with the techniques of stroking, kneading, and friction for 2 days a week, a total of 8 weeks.
Sponsors
Biruni University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Volunteers with a migraine diagnosis * Taking only analgesics for migraine treatment and continuing their routines * No problem in reading, writing and understanding Turkish
Exclusion criteria
* Having any other neurological problems * Who had been injected with botulinum toxin in the last 3 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain Intensity | 8 weeks | The intensity of pain perceived by the subjects will be evaluated with a valid method, the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The higher numbers show higher pain intensities. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Migraine Related Disability | 8 weeks | The Migraine Disability Assessment Scale (MIDAS), which is considered valid and reliable, will be used to evaluate the migraine-related disability. The higher scores indicate an increase in the severity of the disability. |
| The Quality of Life | 8 weeks | The patients' quality of life will be evaluated with the 24-hours Quality of Life in Migraine Scale (24-Hr-MQoLQ), which is valid and reliable. The increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in the quality of life. |
| Perceived Patient-Reported Change | 8th week (one week) | The change perceived by the patients after the intervention will be evaluated with the Global Rating of Change Scale (GROC). According to the scale, it is expressed as -2: I am much worse, -1: I am worse, 0: No change, 1: I am better, 2: I am much better. |
| The general descriptive demographic information | 8 weeks | The general descriptive demographic information of the participants such as age and gender; migraine family history, duration of the complaints, attack frequency and duration will be questioned with a form prepared by the researchers. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed